Polish pianist and composer, Tomasz Kamieniak, currently living in Berlin, will be heard in two solo recitals in California in the coming weeks. His first program is at the Incarnation Episcopal Church in San Francisco on Thursday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Mr. Kamieniak has chosen to present a fascinating repertoire of lesser-known (and…Continue Reading Kamieniak in California
During fall of 2025, the Salastina Music Society will present the music of Mieczysław Weinberg in beautiful chamber music spaces throughout Southern California. Entitled “Main Series No.1: Exile, Return, and Reinvention,” the program also includes Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Igor Stravinsky, and it will be presented in West LA, South Bay, Orange County, Santa Barbara and…Continue Reading Salastina Presents Weinberg Across Southern CA
Magdalena Majewska’s Paderewski, published by PWM as part of their “little monograph” series, was a huge hit with Polish readers almost as soon as it appeared in 2024. Now, thanks to editing assistance from the Polish Music Center, this entertaining little volume has been published in an English translation. This new version was officially introduced…Continue Reading New Paderewski Biography in English
On Saturday, September 27, a Los Angeles-based pianist Aron Kallay presented a fascinating recital of music representing well over two centuries of piano literature. Entitled “Dreams of Love and War,” Kallay’s program opened with an intimate reading of Brahms’s Intermezzo, Op. 119, no. 1. In a striking contrast to this deeply introspective work, Kallay then…Continue Reading Kallay Performs Polish Music at Boston Court in LA
The long-awaited premiere of string arrangements of music by Henryk Wars based on the materials held in the PMC Wars Collection was finally realized thanks to the Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association (SPMK) and a grant they secured for this unusual project. They were presented at the Kraków Music Salon, an annual concert series organized by…Continue Reading Wars/Vars World Premiere & SPMK Performances in the US
Organized by the USC Polish Music Center, celebrations across Los Angeles of the artistic and intellectual legacy of Szymon Laks (1901-1983) will be held on October 19. Paris-based Polish Jewish composer and writer Szymon Laks’s music uniquely balances elements of French modernism, Polish folk music and American jazz. The composer survived imprisonment at Auschwitz by…Continue Reading 19 Oct 2025: Paderewski Lecture-Recital & Conversation with André Laks
The 68th International Festival of Contemporary Music ” Warszawska Jesień” [Warsaw Autumn] will be held September 19-28, 2025. As Warsaw Autumn Director Jerzy Kornowicz emphasizes, this year’s theme of “Glimmer” symbolizes “…a new stage, an opening, and an opportunity—both from a social and individual perspective. It refers to the hope we would like to have…Continue Reading 2025 ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Festival: World Premieres, Former PMC Employees & More!
On Sunday, September 14, the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio in Warsaw will host a landmark event inaugurating the centennial celebrations of Polish Radio. Titled “4/10/100 + 1 = ∞”, the concert marks the beginning of Polish Radio’s yearlong project dedicated to commissioning and premiering new works by leading Polish composers from…Continue Reading Celebrating 100 Years of Polish Radio with New Music Premieres
On Saturday, September 27, Grammy®-nominated pianist and Piano Spheres Core Artist Aron Kallay will perform at the Boston Court in Pasadena, presenting an evening of solo piano music. His program features works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruzdowicz, Liszt, Messiaen, Prokofiev, PMC Director Marek Zebrowski, and others. Notably, Kallay will perform Zebrowski’s Capriccio notturno (2025), which he…Continue Reading Kallay Performs Zebrowski at Boston Court in LA
Our colleagues at the Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association [Stowarzyszenie Polskich Muzyków Kameralistów, or SPMK] have a very busy fall planned for this year, starting with a September full of offerings across the globe. Beginning in New York City, members of the SPMK will perform two concerts celebrating primarily works by Polish-Jewish composers. First on September…Continue Reading SPMK in US & Kraków in September